Episode 3: Lawrence Wright

Selected Wisdom

Lawrence Wright is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, which provides a sweeping narrative of events that lead up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He’s an author, screenwriter, playwright, and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. 

Along with The Looming Tower, Wright has written 10 other nonfiction books including Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood,and the Prison of Belief and several plays, many of which he has performed in. Lawrence is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Society of American Historians, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and serves as the keyboard player for an Austin-based blues band.

Lawrence joined Clint to share some selected wisdom on life in Texas, his writing process, and his journey to becoming an award-winning author.

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